Funds for editing The Adams Papers were originally furnished by Time, Inc., on behalf of Life, to the Massachusetts Historical Society, under whose supervision the editorial work
is being done. Further funds were provided by a grant from the Ford Foundation to
the National Archives Trust Fund Board in support of this and four other major documentary
publications. In common with these and many other enterprises like them, The Adams Papers has continued to benefit from the guidance and cooperation of the National Historical
Publications and Records Commission, chaired by the Archivist of the United States,
which from 1975 to the present has provided this enterprise with major financial support.
Important additional funds were supplied from 1980 to 1993 by The Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation, The J. Howard Pew Freedom Trust and The Charles E. Culpeper Foundation
through The Founding Fathers Papers, Inc. Since 1993, The Adams Papers has received
major support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and matching support
from The Packard Humanities Institute, through The Founding Fathers Papers, Inc.,
and from The Charles Francis Adams Charitable Trust, The Florence J. Gould Foundation,
and an anonymous donor.